Pickles and Condiments

Chow from Roma: urban giardiniera

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Chow from Roma: urban giardiniera

We arrived in Rome on March 1st after 6 months in Tokyo, for the second leg of my husband Dick’s sabbatical year. I hope to catch up with a photo log of our time there. I think I had a bit of writer’s block after the publication of  My Japanese Table in September, so I …

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Fine Cooking

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Fine Cooking

PRESERVING THE SEASON Cabbage This Winter vegetable easily becomes kimchi, a bright, robustly flavored condiment that will last for weeks. BY DEBRA SAMUELS

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Crudite Platter with Spicy Miso Dip

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Crudite Platter with Spicy Miso Dip

Boston Globe, November 7, 2007 If you’re hosting or contributing to a party and looking for an appetizer, a crudite platter is always welcome. For years, Americans had a mundane approach to this French tradition by dipping veggie sticks such as carrots and celery into ordinary mayonnaise-based sauces. Raw broccoli and asparagus spears joined the …

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World of CookingArrive a tourist, eat your mistakes, go home with recipes for a feast

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World of CookingArrive a tourist, eat your mistakes, go home with recipes for a feast

MENFI, Italy — We weave our way out of the densely packed city of Palermo at rush hour and drive south through western Sicily. The road slices through a valley surrounded by huge rocky outcroppings. The sky is a deep blue and green fields stretch ahead like a velvet patchwork bordered by a riot of …

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